The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1887-04-23
Washington News and GOSSIP.
From our Special Correspondent.

From our Special Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, d. c., April 18th, 'S7.
Mr.. EDITOR; The Sunday laws are agitating
very much the Citizens OF the Capital this week
large portion Of the community Is fearful lest
1t shall have to fast on the Sabbath else change
its mode Of living Washington used to be called
city of boarding houses, but of late years has
been dubbed the city of eating houses The rea-
son of this is that hundreds OF government Clerks
have found it cheaper to rent rooms and "take
meals out" than to keep house, and as q conseqr.
ence a number of eating houses have sprung up
and done very profitable business. Tie
triumvirate commission which governs the
District has sent forth the edlet that not only
drinking saloons and places OF business shall be
closed on Sunday but also that milk and Ice
wagons shall not run, and that eating houses
shall shut up. II this last provision is enforced
it will cause great Inconvenience to thousands of
persons who regularly take their meals at these
places and will cause the failure in business OF
these enterprisipg men who are willing TO cater
10 the palate for the handsome returns re.
ceiyed.
1t seems pretty big fish story, but still none
the less true that over 600 900 herring have been
brought from the Potomac into Washington the
present week. This is the largest number re-
ceved for years past and Is due to the stringent
laws prohibiting the drawing Of seines for fish
during the spawning season. A few years ago
the number of herring caughtbecame so small
that epicures began to fear that the delicaey OF
Potomac Herring" would be thing Of the past
The Fish Commission however had salutstry laws
enacted, and the Cox, 900 herring week Is the
result
The President had tender heart this week
and granted persons pardons convicted and i'm
prisoned for embezzleing from the mails; break.
ing into Post Ofleesi robbing the mails on the
highwaysi counterfeiting. and other crimes
Cleveland has granted more Pardons than any
President before him within the memory Of
man.
Already gossipS are beginning to talk OF the
Presidents summer trip. 1t is possible that he
may take one but still you need not be surprised
II he Stays at home. Mrs. Cleveland Is already
located at Oak View and keeps very quiet seldom
coming TO the City and almost as seldom seeing
callers. She Is taking much needed rest after
the fatiGues OF the social season, and probably
will not go with the President should he feel the
necessity Of taking recreation by leaving the
the scenes of his busy ofBcAI duties and cares foI
a brief period.
A number OF COngTessmen have been In town
the past few days and most OF them were inter
viewed. The almost unanimous opinion seems
70 be that Congress would be convened in speela
Session the first Of October, and would continue
70 sit until the regular session In December.
Real estate speculation 10 running high, and
Investors are making money faster than at ans
time before in the history OF the City. Syudcates
are being formed composed in many instance OF
capitalists from the States. and much suburban
property has been plated and sold in lots on
which the investors have more than doubled
their money inside Of three months. Persons
coming 10 the City in thsfaIl and at the assembl.
ing Of Congress win hardly recognize the suburbs
as 50 many improvements viii have beeu
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